List of power stations in Arkansas
The following page lists all power stations in the U.S. state of Arkansas.
Biogas
Name | Location | Fuel | Nameplate capacity (MW) |
Generating units |
2018 net generation (MWh) |
2016 GHG emissions (metric tons) |
Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eco Vista | Tontitown | Landfill gas | 4 | 5 | 33,183[1] | 93,171[2] | Waste Management | 2010[3] |
Two Pine | Pulaski County | Landfill gas | 5 | 6 | 15,892[1] | 53,867[4] | Waste Management | 2008[5] |
Coal
Name | Location | Nameplate capacity (MW) |
Generating units |
2016 net generation (MWh) |
2016 GHG emissions (metric tons) |
Boiler type | Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flint Creek | Gentry | 528 | 1 | 6,015[6] | 2.2 million[7] | Subcritical | American Electric Power | 1978[8] |
Independence | Newark | 1700 | 2 | 9,630[6] | 7.5 million[9] | Entergy | 1983, 1984[8] | |
John W. Turk Jr. | Fulton | 600 | 1 | 3.7 million[6] | 3.4 million[10] | Ultra-supercritical | American Electric Power | 2012[11] |
Plum Point | Mississippi County | 665 | 1 | 4.6 million[6] | 4.4 million[12] | Subcritical | NAES Corporation | 2010[13] |
White Bluff | Redfield | 1659 | 2 | 5.7 million[6] | 6.2 million[14] | Entergy | 1980, 1981[8] | |
Hydroelectric
Pumped storage
Name | Location | Nameplate capacity (MW) |
Generating units |
2016 net generation (MWh) |
Water source | Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DeGray | Clark County | 68 | 2 | 38,824[6] | Caddo River | Southwestern Power Administration | 1972[15] |
Natural gas
Name | Location | Nameplate capacity (MW) |
Generating units |
2016 net generation (MWh) |
2016 GHG emissions (metric tons) |
Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elkins | Elkins | 60 | 2[3] | 7,805[6] | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation | 2010[8] | |
Fulton | Fulton | 153 | 1 | 48,100[6] | 28,235[20] | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation | 2001[8] |
Harry D. Mattison | Tontitown | 340 | 4 | 117,273[6] | 80,965[21] | American Electric Power | 2007[22] |
Harry L. Oswald | Wrightsville | 548 | 9 | 519,479[6] | 156,094[23] | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation | 2003[8] |
Hot Spring | Malvern | 620 | 3 | 3 million[6] | 1.1 million[24] | Entergy | 2012[25] |
Lake Catherine | Malvern | 721 | 4 | 332,156[6] | 208,676[26] | Entergy | 1950, 1953, 1970[16] |
Magnet Cove | Magnet Cove | 660 | 3 | 2 million[6] | 802,457[27] | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation | 2006[8] |
Union | El Dorado | 2,200 | 12 | 9.5 million[6] | 3.6 million[28] | Entergy | 2003[29] |
Natural gas/petroleum
Name | Location | Nameplate capacity (MW) |
Generating units |
2016 net generation (MWh) |
2016 GHG emissions (metric tons) |
Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carl E. Bailey | Augusta | 122 | 1 | 16,219[6] | 12,271[30] | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation | 1966[8] |
Dell | Dell | 679 | 3 | 735,515[6] | 319,391[31] | Associated Electric Cooperative | 2007[32] |
John L. McClellan | Camden | 134 | 1 | 61,314[6] | 44,514[33] | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation | 1971[8] |
Jonesboro | Jonesboro | 224 | 4 | 67,723[6] | 41,447[34] | Jonesboro City Water & Light | 2003, 2007[32][35] |
Paragould | Paragould | 14 | 4 | 41[6] | Paragould Light Water & Cable | 1990[18] | |
Paragould Reciprocating | Paragould | 14 | 3 | 354[6] | Paragould Light Water & Cable | 2001[18] | |
Pine Bluff Energy Center | Pine Bluff | 236 | 2 | 1.2 million[6] | 673,724[36] | Calpine Energy Services | 2001[18] |
Thomas B. Fitzhugh | Ozark | 171 | 2 | 255,902[6] | 125,420[37] | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation | 1963, 2003[8] |
Nuclear
Name | Location | Nameplate capacity (MW) |
Generating units |
2016 net generation (MWh) |
Reactor type | Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arkansas Nuclear One | Russellville | 1824 | 2 | 5.7 million[6] | Pressurized water | Entergy | 1974[18] |
Petroleum
Name | Location | Nameplate capacity (MW) |
Generating units |
2016 net generation (MWh) |
2016 GHG emissions (metric tons) |
Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Piggott Municipal | Piggott | 7 | 4 | 0[6] | City of Piggott | 1952[18] | |
Solar photovoltaic
Name | Location | Type | Nameplate capacity (MW) |
2016 net generation (MWh) |
Acreage | Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SR Camden | East Camden | CdTe | 12 | 24,542[6] | 100 | Silicon Ranch Corporation | 2016[38] |
Van Buren | 0.5 | 1.5 | Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative | 2016[39] | |||
Ozarks Natural Energy Community Solar | Springdale | c-Si | 1 | 1,600[6] | 5 | Ozarks Electric Cooperative | 2016[40] |
FECC Solar Benton | Benton | 1 | 5 | First Electric Cooperative | 2017[41] | ||
Scenic Hill Solar III | Clarksville | 5 | 42 | Scenic Hill Solar | 2017[42] | ||
Holly Springs | 1 | 5 | Ouachita Electric Cooperative | 2017[43] | |||
Stuttgart Solar Energy Center | Arkansas County | 81 | 475 | NextEra Energy Resources | 2017[44] | ||
Hamburg | 1 | 8 | Today's Power | 2018[45] | |||
Brookland | 1 | 8 | Today's Power | 2018[46] | |||
Forrest City | 1 | 8 | Woodruff Electric Cooperative | 2019[47] | |||
Newport | 1 | 8 | Farmers Electric Cooperative | 2019[48] | |||
Salem | 1 | 8 | North Arkansas Electric Cooperative | 2019[49] | |||
Fayetteville | 10 | Today’s Power | 2019[50] | ||||
Jefferson County | 0.176 | 2019[51] | |||||
Star City | 1 | 8 | C & L Electric Cooperative | 2020[52] |
Storage
Name | Location | Type | Nameplate capacity (MWh) |
2016 net generation (MWh) |
Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fayetteville | Lithium-ion battery | 24 | Today’s Power | 2019[50] |
Proposed power stations
Name | Location | Type | Nameplate capacity |
Operator | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chicot Solar Project | Chicot County | Solar PV | 100 MW | NextEra Energy Resources | Expected operable 2020[53] |
Crossett Solar Energy Farm | Crossett | Solar PV | 100 MW | Renewable Energy Systems | Construction beginning 2021[54] |
White County | Solar PV | 100 MW | NextEra Energy Resources | Expected operable 2021[55] | |
White County | Lithium-ion battery | 30 MWh | NextEra Energy Resources | Expected operable 2021[55] | |
Stuttgart | Solar PV | 3.15 MW | Expected operable 2020[56] | ||
Hot Springs | Solar PV | 12.75 MW | Scenic Hill Solar | Expected operable 2020[57] | |
Searcy | Solar PV | 1.2 MW | Entegrity Energy Partners | Expected operable 2020[58] | |
Searcy | Solar PV | 4.5 MW | Entegrity Energy Partners | Expected operable 2020[58] | |
Paris | Solar PV | 1.5 MW | Today’s Power | Expected operable 2020[59] | |
Pulaski County | Solar PV | 8 MW | Today’s Power | Expected operable 2020[60] | |
Jonesboro | Solar PV | 13.25 MW | Jonesboro City Water & Light | Expected operable 2022[61] | |
ConwayCorp and Lightsource BP Solar Farm | Happy | Solar PV | 132 MW | Lightsource BP | Expected operable 2022[62] |
Retired power stations
Name | Location | Type | Nameplate capacity (MW) |
Generating units |
Operator | Opened | Closed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cecil Lynch | North Little Rock | Natural gas/petroleum | 110 | 2 | Entergy | 1949, 1954 | 2013[63] |
Fairbanks | Augusta | Petroleum | 3 | 5 | City of Augusta | 1929 | 2005[64] |
Hamilton Moses | Forrest City | Natural gas/petroleum | 138 | 2 | Entergy | 1951 | 2013[65] |
Harvey Couch | Stamps | Natural gas/petroleum | 110 | 2 | Entergy | 1943, 1954 | 2011, 2013[66] |
Mammoth Spring Dam No. 1 | Fulton County | Hydroelectric | 3[67] | Arkansas-Missouri Power Company | 1927 | 1972[68] | |
Robert E. Ritchie | Helena | Natural gas/petroleum | 923 | 3 | Entergy | 1961 | 2013[69] |
Mabelvale | Mabelvale | Natural gas | 56 | 4 | Entergy | 1970[16] | 2016[70] |
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- "Largest solar array on city land in Arkansas to start operating July 1". Today's Power. May 17, 2019. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
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